Burke Gang

The Burke Gang is an Irish-American criminal organization that is based out of the Pointe Verdun ("Irish Point") district of New Orleans, Louisiana. The gang was New Orleans' own Irish Mob, and it was led by Thomas Burke and his daughter Nicki Burke, with Thomas Burke running the gang out of his scrapyard. The gang attracted both immigrants and Americans of Irish descent, and it expanded during the events of 1968, which saw Thomas Burke ally with Lincoln Clay against the powerful Marcano crime family. The Burke Gang would take over Pointe Verdun, and it would later expand into Frisco Fields and other areas of northern New Orleans, assisting Clay in his takeover of the city.